Seán Ó Síocháin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
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Place of Birth: Kilnamartyra, Munster, Ireland
About Seán Ó Síocháin
- Seán Ó Síocháin (24 March 1914 – 2 February 1997) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, hurler, ballad singer, broadcaster and Gaelic games administrator.
- His championship career with the Cork and Dublin senior teams spanned seven seasons from 1935 until 1941.Born in Cill na Martra, County Cork, Ó Síocháin was the son of Daniel and Kate Sheehan (née Lynch).
- His father ran a small grocery business.
- Ó Síocháin was educated locally and, after qualifying as a national school teacher, moved to Dublin in 1935 where he taught for 11 years. Ó Síocháin first played hurling and Gaelic football with the Macroom club and won a county senior championship medal with the club as a seventeen-year-old in 1931.
- He later joined the Clann na Gael club in Dublin.
- Ó Síocháin won two more county senior championship medals with his adopted club. After impressing at club level, Ó Síocháin made his debut on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor team in 1932.
- He subsequently joined the Cork senior team and made his debut during the 1935 championship.
- After declaring for Dublin he captained the senior team in 1938, however, Ó Síocháin returned to the Cork team the following year and continued to play for them until his retirement in 1941. By this stage Ó Síocháin was known nationally as a ballad singer and did some broadcasts for Radió Éireann on such programmes as Ireland is Singing, Round the Fire and Balladmakers' Saturday Night.
- He toured the United States on four occasions with Irish singers and was also a member of the Dublin Grand Opera Society. Ó Síocháin's career as an official with the Gaelic Athletic Association began in 1946 when he filled a vacancy for assistant secretary, resigning from his teaching post to work full time with the association.
- He was elected General-Secretary in 1964, succeeding Pádraig Ó Caoimh.
- The title was changed to Director-General in 1972, with Ó Síocháin retaining the post until his retirement in 1979.
- He continued to work for the GAA and was appointed director of fund raising for the new Ceannáras building which was completed in 1982. Ó Síocháin died on 2 February 1997.
- His daughter, Orla Ní Síocháin, was a three-time All-Ireland medal winner with the Dublin camogie team while his son-in-law, Jack Ryan, won an All-Ireland medal with Tipperary.
- Ó Síocháin's grandson, Shane Ryan, was a six-time Leinster medal winner with the Dublin senior team.
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